Warchalking - The 802.11 Hobo Runes

by Ben Hammersley

You've found yourself an open Wireless Lan - and you want to share the knowledge...do you slap it on the web?
Well, that's a good idea, except that to find the node, you have to be on the net in the first place. Not much good if you're just off a plane, in a strange city and need to grab your mail.

You find a node, and draw the correct symbol on a nearby piece of public furniture - a wall, the pavement, the side of a lamppost. Anyone knowing in the ways of the WarChalking will recognise what it means, and get online. No more wandering around bandwidthless, and no more struggling with online maps.

Genius.

Is this genius, or what?

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